Buying the music is great if the expense isn’t going to hurt your wallet too much, and hey, I'm sure it supports the artists far more, but as @ghdprentice noted, there are several third-party apps that can download your playlist as a .csv (Excel type spreadsheet file) or a .txt file for you to save to your PC. Then you can import that list into other streaming providers and get most of what you have.
I did that using TuneMyMusic when I finally got fed up with waiting on Spotify to go lossless and switched to Tidal. I think I only "lost" a very few albums, maybe 10 or 20 max.
I subscribed to TuneMyMusic for a month, used it to download a .csv file, and do the transfer to Tidal, then I cancelled the service. And I have an offline searchable database (the Excel file) to be able to remember what I enjoyed listening to.
Thoughts and suggestions please
I only stream and have spent 3 years building my playlist. I have recently been thinking about purchasing my playlist on Qobuz in the event something happens (they go out of business or some major crash) that would lose what I have spent so much time building. Is this a concern for others as well? If I do decide to purchase my list I would need a new streamer with storage capacity. I am looking for suggestions for streamers. I have an N130 node now with Teddy Pardo LPS. I like the BluOS app and am considering a new Node with storage but with all the positive feedback with Innuous and Aurrender I will strongly consider those too. Do their apps compare favorably with the BluOS app? I’d like to stay in the 3-5k cost range. Thank you for your thoughts.
Ron